Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SBIA) is currently undergoing expansion in order to cope with future demand. West of the current airport, a large area of land is being reclaimed from the sea on which a new runway, parallel to the existing one, will be built.

A new terminal (T3) will be built in the new midfield area and in its final phase will be able to handle 60 million passengers. South of T3, between the two runways, a 2.2 million m² area will become available for development. It is for this area, the "Comprehensive Aviation Service Area" that NACO prepared a land use survey. SBIA's objective is to strategically locate airside support functions and commercial functions in order to develop the landside into Shenzhen's second largest urban centre, which will function the same as a modern city centre. NACO prepared an Airport City Concept with a clear separation between airside and landside related functions and indicated the type of functions suitable for an airport city. The land use survey included calculations for the required land to be reserved for the individual functions and pointed out how interrelationships between functions can be optimised in order to maximise the airport city's profitability.

In addition to focusing on airport city development, the airport is also focusing on development as a cargo hub. SBIA expects to soon enter the world's top 30 cargo airports and therefore in cooperation with the Zhongyuan Design Institute (IPPR), NACO prepared a detailed master plan for the cargo area to be built in the future midfield area.

Services: determination of area requirements of functions; determination of support facilities and utilities configurations; development of "Airport City'' concept; determination of landside transportation requirements; cargo area design; phasing of the construction.